The spotless venue, the gathering of Very Important People and, off course, the river of fans that embraces the temple of Formula One until overflowing on the Rettifilo as soon as the cars fly under the checkered flag are simply incomparable.
Not to mention the emotion that this scenario arouse in the three lucky people that get to see this from the best spot: the podium. Nobody can be indifferent to the excitement that spread from that mainly red multitude, not even if that same crowd booed you a couple years ago, not even if you see your first opponent climbing the tallest step of the podium due to a couple of mistakes of your own, not even if you are coming back to this venue for the first in a color that is not red anymore and at least half of the people down there treated you like a bus driver for the last four years.
Everything goes away in the blink of an eye....at least during those 10 minutes of glory.
Going back to the race summary, the story unfolded pretty much following the script: the two Mercedes on a pace that puts them in another category, the rest of Mercedes engines performing incredibly good, behind....the rest of all, with a sad note for the performance of the Ferrari Team, disappointing, again, in the race that, by itself, could have saved the mediocre season.
The start of the race goes smoothly, only a little too smoothly for Hamilton and Ricciardo who both loose several positions before the first chicane.
Just the time to understand that the warnings on the silver car number 44 were unfounded and it's Hamilton's show. It will take a while to mend the gap from the teammate Rosberg but he finalize the chase also thanks to a double - photocopy mistake from the German driver who misses the first chicane twice. Many people will argue that those weren't mistakes but that Mercedes, wearing the suit of "KARMA POLICE" "invited" Rosberg to do so to make up after the incident in the last race that compromised Hamilton's race.
Lots of dramas and conspiracy theories that will fill up webpages and blogs at least until the next appointment.
The nicest surprise comes from the third place. He started this season with the expectation of finally getting back the confidence of years ago and, why not, to get his revenge after being relegated in the dark corner of the Ferrari's box for way too long. The history went, again, a little different from what planned, between failures, accidents and wrong set-ups. But the now infamous dose of bad luck who was surrounding him couldn't find any better moment to end up this curse. Right there, right in front of many people that betrayed him overnight but also right in front of those people who still love him for how they had to know him during more than a decade, Massa is torn in a fight of emotions. And is the joy that wins, is the positivity that always distinguished him to overcome any other bad thought. And it's nice to see him smiling again from up there.
The fight for the Championship is now, most likely, a head to head within the Mercedes Team but the thirst for glory and the pursuit of a seat for the next season will keep the tension up to the top for the next and last six races.
With the number of good young drivers (see Magnussen this last week end) that we have to witness this year and many more knocking at the door from factories series, nothing will be left to chance.
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